return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for C2 (Carbon diatomic)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D*H 1Σg+
2 1 yes D*H 3Πu

State 1 (1Σg+)

Jump to S2C1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-75.900548
Energy at 298.15K-75.897521
HF Energy-75.900548
Nuclear repulsion energy15.225222
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σg 1873 1811 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 936.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9668) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 905.3 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3LYP/6-311G**
B
1.79459

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**

Point Group is D∞h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.626
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.626

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2
C11.2512
C21.2512

picture of Carbon diatomic state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.000      
2 C 0.000      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -12.162 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.162 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -8.931
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.615 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.615 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.231
Polar
3z2-r26.462
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.519 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.519 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.700


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 11.620
(<r2>)1/2 3.409

State 2 (3Πu)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-75.936669
Energy at 298.15K-75.933641
HF Energy-75.936669
Nuclear repulsion energy14.590461
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σg 1692 1636 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 846.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9668) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 818.0 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3LYP/6-311G**
B
1.64807

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**

Point Group is D∞h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.653
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.653

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2
C11.3057
C21.3057

picture of Carbon diatomic state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.000      
2 C 0.000      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -10.502 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -12.474 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.305
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.888 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -1.071 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.817
Polar
3z2-r2-1.633
x2-y21.973
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.613 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.061 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.856


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 12.460
(<r2>)1/2 3.530